The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-13

Mr., Duncan Attacks The Citizen,

Rev. L. j. Duncan, in long dia-
tribe on Martin College in the last
Christian Advocate, which is stud
ded with inaccuracies, says among
other things: "The editor of The
CITIZEN complains that he cannot
reach the subscribers of the Advo
cate; but he declined to publish the
only article / ever sent him on the
subject" Mr.. Duncan's memory
is exceedingly faulty. He wrote an
article and sent it to this office and
before the day Of publication he
wrote or telegraphed us not to pub
lish it. We think be will recall
this fact and do US the justice of
retraction. He continues: she
has repeatedly iDsinuated the dis
honesty of the chu CHI if the courts
should decide in our favor and we
should accept the decision" This
is another remark able stretch of
fact. We have used the expression
several times that 1.-The church OF
God must be honest above all
things" and she is honest We have
said that individuals were seeking
to commit her to an act of gross
wrong but that she could not afford
to do wrong. Mr.. Gambler him
self used that very expression. 1t
is not imputing dishonesty to say
that one must be honest. This is
very unfair way the reverend gen
tleman had of making it appear
that its friends accuse the church
of being dishonest. We have stu
diously avoided using his name
in this matter and have never given
him cause for these unfair referen
ces. He knows we have no oppor-
tunity TO reach the eye of the Meth
odists OF Tennessee and correct the
untrue things he says Of US and he
deliberately takes advantage of that
fact tto prejudice the Methodist
mind unfairly. Since Mr.. Duncan
has seen proper to make an issue
with THE CITIZEN, we will notice
another one of his assertions. He
makes it appear that The CITIZEN
was foremost in springing this con-
troversy, when the facts are that
The CITIZEN suppressed all refer
ence to it for three weeks, until af-
ter the American had sent a repor-
ter down here and got the facts
and published them. Neither was
it the Americana resident CORES
pondent who began it, as he insin-
yates. The Christian Advocate has
frequently said the same thing, when
the fact is that the Advocate began
the discussion in advance of The
CITIZEN and Of the Americans cor
respondent. We were trying to sup
press the matter here, and Mr.. Dun
can himself agreed to such sup
preston by withdrawing the arti-
Gle he had prepared to open up the
controversy and which he now er-
roneously accuses US of rejecting.
Mr.. Duncan further says: at has
been predicted that if the suit went
against the trustees the church
would losesa hundred members. The
mathematician missed the figures
at least ninety eight." We do not
know who the two are that
he imagines will sever their
church connection, but we do
know that Mr.. Duncan HIM
self said that the church could bet
ter afford to lose one hundred mem
bers than to lose this suit. He thus
valued dollars higher than souls
We have frequently determined
not to pursue this unpleasant mat
ter further, but as often have had
to meet some unfair and inaccurate
statements of the opposition. That
we have had thus to take sucn De
cided issue with Mr.. Duncan is not
our fault.